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If you don't want to provide unlimited access, then don't. As long as they don't claim to, who is forcing them to provide unlimited access? Just sell restricted internet access instead and let us...
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Welcome to Canada where those that supply the backbones are, surprise surprise ... in the television business!
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All of the big providers have caps looking at the sections under http://www.allisp.info/canada/index.php ... Looks like Bell is the chintziest with a whopping 1GB total activity for $20/month??? WTF???...
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"Just sell restricted internet access instead and let us choose someone else for our internet." That's so easy to do, especially when the government intervenes to restrict competition.
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I use to have Rogers. First they increased my bill. Then they put a cap on my service to 60GB. Then they increased my bill again. That combined with crappy overall service, an unreliable network, and...
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"I get a letter in the mail every so often form them telling me how much they miss me and how much they want me back. But it's the same old same old."In response, use the letter as toilet paper and...
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Or Tyanna could send a letter back thanking them for being considerate enough to think of her and explaining that she would love to switch back if she could but because she already made the regrettable...
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I get to choose Rogers or Dial-up (and possibly some kind of wireless system)... that's the problem.
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Interestingly Canada still ranks higher than the U.S. in this report. http://www.itif.org/files/BroadbandRankings.pdf Though the report seems rather outdated. I wonder if anyone knows of a more up to...
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i hear bell and telus want to implement a fee per site visited system, buy a package, and what you visit out side the package is charged a extra fee. they want to take control and censor the net, not...
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Yeah, so when the advertisement script on the webpage you're on calls it's way thru a dozen domains to concatenate your annoying flash ad, how much extra does that cost you?
View ArticleROGERS BLOODY SUCKS!!
I, too, used to have Rogers at one time and got tired of their incessant "GIVE US PRE-AUTHORIZED" in regards to my bill, which I paid the first of each month like clockwork. Didn't matter to these...
View ArticleI knew this when TW tried to "educate" us last year
When Time Warner planned to roll out the usage caps, I could see exactly what this was about. I personally dropped my cable television service because I only used it for Speed Channel and Dirty Jobs...
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You don't even have to do that. Just tell Rogers exactly what the competition is offering. Then ask them to beat that offer. Tell them that you will happily switch back when they can offer superior...
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I think you will find they have changed their tune. "The ISPs were understandably elated at the decision, yet there was some cautionary wording from the court, which emphasized the ruling was...
View ArticleCable Service in the Maritimes
After reading the comments here, I'm really pleased with my service here in Nova Scotia. Eastlink provides Cable TV, Phone, and Internet for a bundle fee with 30Mb/sec down and ~2Mb/sec up and I've...
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The problem is twofold. First, for a great many there is no alternative. If you can only get internet from ISP A then you're at their mercy. Second, most ISP's are just waiting to switch to this low...
View ArticleTotal BS
The article above -- like most anti-ISP tirades -- is total BS. I am an ISP, and I don't provide television service. But I must use throttling and similar techniques to prevent bandwidth hogs from...
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The article above -- like most anti-ISP tirades -- is total BS. I am an ISP, and I don't provide television service. But I must use throttling and similar techniques to prevent bandwidth hogs from...
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